Stove



i Nav. 16; 1937. c. l.. HARDWICK STOVE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed May 22,1937 lNvl-:NToRy ATTORNEYS .Ji-N V- 16, c. l.. HARDwlcK STOVE Filed May22, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 4 yATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITEDSTATES STOVE Christopher L. Hardwick, Cleveland, Tenn. Application May22, 1937, Serial No. 144,261

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in stoves, particularly tokitchen ranges in which solid fuel such as wood or coal is used. Howeverthe invention is applicable to gas ranges.

The general object of the invention is to provide a warming closetmounted in the rear of the overhanging shelf and shelf support withwhich stoves of this general type'are equipped.

A further object of the invention is to provide door openings in thefront of the shelf support whereby access can be had to the closet fromthe front of the stove and in which the doors when closed serve as asplash back.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means inside ofthe closet for conveying heat direct from the ue of the stove to thecloset.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be yapparent as thespecification is considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a range with the presentinvention embodied therein, one of the doors of the warming closet beingopen;

Figure 2. is a side view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on ure 1;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the top track memberfor the doors; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the bottom track memberfor the doors.

Referring more particularly to the drawings I denotes a range of thetable top type having a top 2 and side walls 3, the lower part of therange, which is omitted from the drawings, being of conventionalconstruction.

Secured to opposite ends of the range top 2 adjacent the rear edge bymeans of brackets or other suitable fastening means, not shown, are apair of cast shelf supports or standards 4. 'I'he upper ends of thesestandards are formed with forwardly projecting ,arms 5 which support anoverhanging shelf 5, bolts 'I being employed to secure the shelf to thearms. A pair of vertical sheet metal panels 20 having rearwardlyextending inner and outer anges 2I and 22, bear against the rear faces23 of the standards 4, and are secured to the standards by means ofbolts 24 which pass through openings in outer flanges 22. The innerflanges 2| of the vertical panels abut rearwardly extending flanges 25,formed on the ends of a relatively low horizontally disposed panel 8 andare secured thereto by bolts 9. The

the line 4 4 of Figpanel 8 serves as a guard rail and provides means forsupporting a warming closet II as well as the sliding doors I2 and I3thereof in a manner presently described.

I'he preferably rectangular warming closet II, which constitutes thesubject matter of the present invention is secured to the back of theshelf supports or standards 4 in a manner also presently described. Thiscloset has top and bottom walls I4 and I5 respectively and end walls I6all of sheet metal. The open front end of the closet registers with thespace 30 defined by the vertical panels 20, panel 8 and the rear bottomface of shelf 6. The forward edge of the bottom wall I5 of the warmingcloset is extended and bent downwardly and inwardly and thencedownwardly to form an attachment flange I1. A plurality of spacingbrackets I8 Welded to the inner face of the panel 8 provide means forsecuring the flange I1 to theipanel, bolts I9 being employed for thispurpose. The inner ends of the end walls I6, of the warming closetoverlap the rearwardly projecting flanges 25 of the panel 8 and thelianges 2| of panel 29 and tie these parts together. The top wall I4 hasan upwardly 25 bent flange 26-which is bolted to the shelf 6 and to aguard 21 at the rear of shelf 6, by bolts 28.

One or more shelves 29 suitably mounted in end and rear walls I6 and 4Irespectively of the warming closet are accessible through the opening 30which as previously explained registers with and is substantially thesame shape and size as the open front end of the warming closet II. Astove pipe 3I connected at its lower end with a ue, not shown, extendsupwardly through openings 32, 33 and 34 in the bottom Wall I5,

shelf 29 and top wall I4 and divides the closet into Y two compartments35 and 36. In effect the stove pipe 3| constitutes a heater for bothcompartments.

vertically disposed doors I2 and I3 mounted for overlapping relativesliding movement, retain the heat in the closet when closed. 'I'he upperedges of the doors ride in guideways 31 formed in a track member 38which is welded to the inner face of the top wall I4 of the warmingcloset while the lower edges of the doors slidably seat in guideways 39formed in a rearwardly extending ange 40 of the panel 8.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a stove having vertically disposed shelf supportsat the rear of the stove, a shelf onsaid supports overhanging the top ofthe stove, a warming closet having an open front end secured to the rearof said shelf supports, and doors slidably mounted in said shelf supportfor closing the open end of said closet and serving as a splash back.

2. In combination with a stove having shelf supports at the rearthereof, a shelf on said supports, a warming closet having an open frontend secured. to the rear of said shelf supports, a rail between saidsupports, doors mounted for relative sliding movement at the rear ofsaid supports and rail, and serving as closures for'said open front endof said warming closet 'and as a splash back for the stove when closed.

3. In combination with a stove having ver tically disposed shelfsupports at the rear of th'e stove, a shelf on said supports overhangingthe top of the stove, vertical side panels and a hori- Zontal centralpanel at the rear of the stove, a Warming closet having a bottom and a.top wall, said bottom wall having a downwardly and forwardly bentextension secured to said horizontal panel, and said top wall having anupwardly bent flange secured to said shelf.

4. A stove as claimed in claim 3 in which the Warming closet is providedwith sliding doors and the central horizontal panelV has a top flangebent to form guide ways for the lower edges of the doors CHRISTOPHER L.HARDWICK.

